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These books are set a little way in the future, in a world where catastrophic climate change is transforming politics, the economy and peoples' lives forever. A world where environmental terrorists believe that the only way to save the planet is to erase humanity from it.
This series was originally published between 2000 and 2003, and many of the events described in the books (such as the destruction of New Orleans) have now come true. A revised and updated edition was published between September 2008 and March 2010.
- The Last Albatross
- Terminator Gene
- The Life Lottery
The Last Albatross
WHEN THE ICE MELTS, THE EARTH WILL BURN
From bestselling Australian
author and environmental scientist Ian Irvine comes a chillingly
realistic thriller that will have you asking:
Is there life after global warming?
Hercus Barges, a middle-aged failure embittered about ruinous climate change, is planning the ultimate crime: the destruction of western civilisation. And he knows just how to do it. Hercus attempts to blackmail his old friend Ryn Hardey into helping him, for they share a terrible secret from their student days.
Ryn can't stop Hercus without implicating himself, but Hercus won't take no for an answer. And Ryn has another urgent problem. His research on Antarctic ice sheet melting is showing alarming results and he can't work out why.
Then Hercus' secret gets out, and it's worth a fortune to a doomsday ecological cult. Soon Ryn and his partner Jemma are on the run from ruthless eco-terrorists and professional hitmen. As Ryn struggles to work out what will happen when the ice melts, Jemma tries to uncover Hercus' catastrophic plan – before it's too late.
Global warming, unstoppable climate change and environmental terrorism collide in The Last Albatross – Book One in the shatteringly prophetic Human Rites trilogy.
Praise for The Last Albatross.
"The action-packed plot of doomsday cults and planetary collapse isn't far from the truth." The Times (London)
"A chilling suspense story set against a backdrop of 21st Century environmental depletion and cultural degeneration. Portrays a frighteningly plausible future." US Library Journal.
"A well-crafted near-future eco-thriller." Roland Green, US Booklist.
Terminator Gene
IN A DROWNING WORLD, WHO WILL STAY AFLOAT?
A disturbingly realistic
thriller from bestselling Australian author and environmental scientist
Ian Irvine
Will the rising seas bring civilisation
down?
In a world ruined by global warming, paranoid governments will do anything to crush dissent. Irith Hardey, a young gene researcher, is thrown onto the streets and, with nothing but the clothes on her back, fights to survive in a predatory world.
Caught up a battle between Security and a cabal of rebels, Irith has no choice but to help the rebels' assault on a secret data centre deep below London. They steal files containing the code for a deadly terminator virus, but no one can decipher it.
The group is hunted all the way to New Orleans, slowly drowning under the rising sea, to destroy the laboratory where the virus is being made. As the hurricane of the century bears down on the sinking city, Irith struggles to crack the secret of the virus before it wipes out all humanity.
Catastrophic climate change and environmental terrorism collide in Terminator Gene – Book Two in the grimly prophetic Human Rites trilogy.
Praise for the Human Rites trilogy:
"The action-packed plot of doomsday cults and planetary collapse isn't far from the truth." The Times (London)
"A chilling suspense story set against a backdrop of 21st Century environmental depletion and cultural degeneration. Portrays a frighteningly plausible future." US Library Journal.
"Ian Irvine is a great storyteller." Australian Bookseller and Publisher.
Shortlisted for the Aurealis Award.
The Life Lottery
IN SAVING THE WORLD, WILL THEY DESTROY IT?
ONE
HUNDRED DAYS
TO SAVE THE WORLD
Half a billion climate refugees are flooding into the West, the global depression is worsening and democracies are being crushed by the neo-fascist Yellow Armbands. In a desperate attempt to avert catastrophe, the Great Powers embark on the most monumental gamble of all time.
Climate scientist Irith Hardey is sure they've got it wrong – the US President's pet scheme isn't going to save the planet, but ruin it. Searching for the awful truth behind the Hundred Days project, she is hunted from blizzard-struck London to the Scottish Highlands and across the wild North Sea.
In a USA terrorised by gun-toting militias trying to bring down the President, Irith confronts the worst nightmare any 21st century woman can face, as she struggles to uncover the ghastly secret of the Life Lottery before the hundred days are up.
Disastrous climate change causes economic collapse in The Life Lottery – Book Three in the eerily prophetic Human Rites Trilogy from bestselling author and environmental scientist Ian Irvine.
Praise for THE LIFE LOTTERY
'Irvine surpasses himself in his intricate portrayal of the impacts of climate change on people and the planet ... impossible to put down.' Sydney Morning Herald.
PUBLICATION DETAILS
The Human Rites Trilogy (Simon & Schuster
Australia)(future eco-thriller),
http://www.simonandschuster.com.au/
Editions revised and updated 2008-2010
Original editions
- The Last Albatross (November 2000) (trade paperback), December 2001 (paperback).
- Terminator Gene (April 2003)
- The Life Lottery (August 2004).
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